The jeeps continued to drive straight towards the source of the lights. And then, as they drew closer and closer, the reality of what lay within suddenly doused the burgeoning excitement in their hearts. Even Qin Ye couldn’t suppress the twitching on his eyelids.

The source of the light came from countless shanties.

These were no different from the shanties used to temporarily house the workers living on the construction sites.

Everything was immediately clear to them - these were the temporary residences of the refugees that had been evacuated from the nearby three eastern provinces. Naturally, it was obvious what lay right in the heart of the shanty town.

The military.

There was no doubt that the city’s law enforcement agencies would be based right in the heart of the shanty town. Their existence would serve two purposes. Firstly, their presence was needed to regulate the safety and order around these parts. Secondly, evil spirits are naturally repulsed by the existence of the army. In other words, their existence would elevate the conduciveness of the shanty town as a temporary shelter for the refugees.

But when they drove past the rows of shanties, not a single soul peeked out of their huts despite the brilliance of the light in the vicinity. Having experienced the tragedy of the latest supernatural outbreak in the three eastern provinces, not a single soul dared to even stick their heads out of their homes at night. From afar, the entire shanty town didn’t look like a shelter for refugees at all....